Tag-holder.



s. M. MAGSBY.

TAG HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED NHL, 19!]- RENEWED DEC. a. n91

Patented July 9,1918.

ATTORNEY STEPHEN 'M. Massey,- or LULA, mrss'rssrrri.

TAG-HOLDER. v

' I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July a, 1918.

Application. med March 24, 1917, Serial No. 157,131. Renewed December 8, 1917. Serial No. 206,825; a

Tool; whom it may concern: Y

Be it known that I, STEPHEN M. :MAcsBY, acitizen of, the United States, residing at Lula, in-the county of-Coahoma and State of Mississippi, have invented new and use- 1 111 Improvements in Tag-Holders, of which theL-followingis a specification.

This invention'is an improved ta holderv especially adapted for attaching a s ipping tag or other similar tag to a bale of cotton 4 or to a bundle or article-of merchandise and for also protecting the tag so that it is not liable to become torn in transit or injured .-'-by the weather, the object of my invention -'beingt0-'- ;p,l'd Vld6 an improved tag holder fandatta'ching. device of this character which is simple'in construction, is strong and du- 'rable, which may bereadily manufactured at low cost and by means of which a tag maybe attached to. a bale or bundle in such manner. as to obviate risk of the tag being torn off and lost. 4 -With the above and other objects inview the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings 1- v-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tag holder and attaching device constructed and arranged in accordance with. my invention and showing the arms of the attaching hook spread apart and in initial position.

Fig. 2 is a sectional View of the same, attached to a halo or the like. 3'5 1 Fig. 3 is a detailed sectional view on the plane indicated bythe line 3-3 of F1g. '2.

' [Fig. 4: is a similar view on the plane indlcated by the line H of Fig. 2..

.The tag holder 1 is made of sheetrnetal and is provided at its sides and at the mner end with inturned flanges 21 to engage the sides and inner end of a tag 3 When the tag is placed on theholder'and shpped nto the grooves formed by said inturn sides and 15 end. Near its inner end the holder has anv opening which registers with the opening in -.the tag. Y Y

I I also provide an attachlng hook 5 which 1s --made of spring wire and which comprlses a. pair of hook arms 6 connected together at one end by coils-7'. The coils'may be inserted through the openings in the tag and tag holder to attach the tag and tag holder to the hook as shown. The arms of the attaching hook normally spring apart and are provided at their free ends with rev'ersely turned pointed bills 8. A keeper 9 is slidably mounted on the arms of the hook and forms a band through which the hook arms extend. When the keeper is moved toward the tag and tag holder the engaging ends of the hook sprin apart thus permitting the bills to be em edded in a bale or bundle or to be withdrawn therefrom as de sired. After the bills of the hook have been thus embedded the keeper is moved toward i from the'spirit of my invention and within the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I'claim is A tag holding and attaching device comprising a spring hook having a pair of "arms, coils connecting said arms together at one end. and adapted to be passed through an opening in a tag, and reversely turned bills at the free ends of said arms, in combination with a keeper connecting the arms together and arranged for longitudinal slidable movement thereon to permit the bills of e the hook to move apart when the keeper is moved toward the coils and to cause the bills of the hook to move toward each other when the'keeper is moved toward the bills, and

., STEPHEN M. esnY. 

